Contents

1. Setting the stage: Turkey as a peculiar ESDP associate

1. Turkish demands concerning ESDP and the EU’s position
2. The present situation

2. ESDP and accession negotiations: parallel or intertwined processes?

1. ESDP and accession negotiations as separable but nor separate processes
2. ESDP and accession negotiations as separable and separate processes

3. Turkish political discourse: ESDP and accession negotiations

Concluding remarks